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JESSE OWENS
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• JESSE OWENS (noun)
The noun JESSE OWENS has 1 sense:
1. United States athlete and Black American whose success in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin outraged Hitler (1913-1980)
Familiarity information: JESSE OWENS used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
United States athlete and Black American whose success in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin outraged Hitler (1913-1980)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
James Cleveland Owens; Jesse Owens; Owens
Instance hypernyms:
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